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When Welcoming the Stranger Was Not Just a Religious Value

By Melissa Borja

…when he’s starving.” Americans responded in full force to these calls to “welcome the stranger.” Between 1975 and 2000, the United States resettled over one million refugees from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos, in a public-private endeavor funded in part by government but powered largely by private resources and the contributions of everyday Americans. Religious voluntary agencies—the organizations that have official contracts with the State Departm…

Will Pope’s African Tour Change Attitudes on Divorce and LGBTQ Among African Catholics?

By Kaya Oakes

…to seeing the mission of the Catholic church as one of mercy. That message of mercy is one that Africans would certainly welcome right now….

With the Pope at Ground Zero

By Anthea Butler

…the words of Mr. Roger, whose daughter Jill was only 24 years old when she died in the 9/11 attack, “I hope that the Memorial will have deep meaning, and will promote peace and welcome.” These days, whether religious or not, we must all share that hope….

LDS Church Labels Same-Sex Spouses “Apostates,” Bars Children From Baptism

By Joanna Brooks

…y that all children are beloved of God, entitled to saving ordinances, and welcome to participate in the life of the church. Barring children of LGBT families from membership or baptism in the Church strikes at the very heart of Christian teachings about God’s special care for children and the essential role of baptism. It marks them as expendable. It also ensures that children of LGBT families will have virtually no opportunity for religious educ…

“Ready to Be Arrested?”: GOP Prez Candidates Show Up For “Freedom2015”

By Julie Ingersoll

…heir lectures, unless you know what to listen for. The conference has been promoted as an opportunity for Christians to become educated to protect themselves and their families in the coming persecution in the wake of the Obergefell decision. On the website, visitors are told to get ready for “the gathering storm,” and are asked: Are you ready to be arrested? Are you ready to lose your children to the state? Will your church be shut down? Will Chr…

“We Blew it” on Climate Change, But May Survive Anyway: An RD Discussion with the First Transhumanist Candidate

By Andrew Aghapour

…elf. How can the Transhumanist Party remain secular while, simultaneously, promoting this ultimate good? In my opinion, the difference really is the word secular versus reason. I like to think that while we are now a secular movement, and I emphasize secularism all the time, I think beyond that is reason. That’s what I try to base all my choices on. We need to be motivated by logic, and if we’re motivated by logic then we’re going to make choices…

Catholic News We Missed Last Week While Stalking the Pope

By Mary E. Hunt

…79 graceful speech to Francis’ predecessor Pope John Paul II. She famously welcomed him to the U.S. by calling for women’s full participation in the ministry of the church (otherwise known as ordination). He was appalled, an emotion that set off a Vatican chain reaction of anti-women, (including anti-nun) activities that persist to the present. At this WOC/WOW event, Theresa reiterated and elaborated on her position in an open letter to Francis. A…

Is the Pope’s Concern for Immigration Just a “Numbers Game”?

By Megan Sweas

…est in immigration reform as a play for more members. “Do not be afraid to welcome them,” Francis told the bishops. “Offer them the warmth of the love of Christ and you will unlock the mystery of their heart. I am certain that, as so often in the past, these people will enrich America and its Church.” Critics of the church’s stance on immigration—and indeed, even some bishops—may hear “enrich” as filling the offering plate. But Pope Francis the pa…

What NOT to Expect from the Pope’s US Visit

By Anthea Butler

…Franklin Graham remarking that President Obama’s guest list for the Papal Welcome was “sinful.” Really? We’ve forgotten what it’s like for political or religious leaders to have a straightforward message of kindness. Much is riding on this papal trip for both religious conservatives and liberals alike, all of whom are hoping that the Pope will prove them right about their assessments of his leadership. Mapping all of these hopes, desires, and der…

Challenge to ‘un-Africanness’ of homosexuality; LGBT Catholics in Africa face church cooperation with persecution; lesbian cartoon project debuts in bangladesh under shadow of violence; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…y and remembering our true African culture, one that celebrates diversity, promotes equality and acceptance, and recognises the contribution of everyone, whatever their sexuality. Affirming the point of Alimi’s commentary, Ghanaian presidential hopeful George Boateng this week “delivered some frighteningly brutal homophobic promises to the people of Ghana,” reports Joe Williams for Pink News. Speaking on Kasapa radio, the political hopeful said th…